By AFPSince the toppling of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad more than a week ago, Israel has sparked international condemnation with its moves in the...

By AFPAuthorities in Gaza reported on Monday that more than 45,000 people have been killed in the enclave in the last 14 months, as humanitarians cond...

By AFP/Aysha Safi, Qubad Wali and Susannah WaldenMohammed Naeem knew the Kabul street where he and his brothers built matching apartment buildings was...

By AFPFour white rhinos have died in Zimbabwe after drinking from a sewage-polluted lake that is also the main supplier of water to the nearby capital...

By AFP/John BIERSConsulting giant McKinsey & Company will pay $650 million to settle US criminal charges that it collaborated with Purdue Pharma t...

By AFP/Simon STURDEEThe Indian-born head of one of Japan's most famous snack brands has warned that the country must change its mindset and admit more...

By AFP/Léa NKAMLEUN FOSSOChatter muffled as members of a secret society, masked and garbed in honey-coloured robes, entered the court of Foumban, the...

By AFPQatar-based Al Jazeera condemned the Sunday killing of one of its journalists in an Israeli strike on Gaza, calling the death a "targeted killin...

By AFPA crowd erupts in cheers as a young Maasai woman pelts over the finish line, the latest participant in the "Maasai Olympics", a re-imagining of...

By AFP/Richard CARTERYoung people from small island states -- the driving force behind the climate change hearings at the International Court of Justi...

By AFP/Anne ChaonCrowds of visitors wander brilliantly lit shopping aisles, stunned by the abundance of goods on offer in the heart of the former rebe...

By AFP/Maher Al Mounes with Marisol RifaiA week after a lightning rebel offensive toppled longtime leader Bashar al-Assad, the United Nations special...

By AFP/Joseph Boyle with Abhaya Srivastava and Isabel KuaApps infused with AI are being marketed to schools across the world and governments are rushi...

By AFP/Sheikh Sabiha ALAMFew in the Jahan family's remote Bangladeshi village had seen a jackal up close before the morning one stalked Musqan through...

By AFP/Dave ClarkA former prisoner spearheading a private effort to help find captive US journalist Austin Tice is concerned that deposed Syrian leade...

By AFPMine-clearing organisation The Halo Trust on Sunday called for a global effort to remove landmines and explosive ordnance from Syria, warning th...

By AFP/Laure Al KhouryThis time he was there by choice. Mohammed Darwish was back in a jail that was run by Syria's feared intelligence services -- an...

By AFPA Japanese textile company, ordered by Ecuadoran courts to pay $41 million to compensate its workers for keeping them in slave-like conditions,...

By AFP/Kaouthar OUDRHIRIFrantz Fanon's revolutionary ideas, shaped in North Africa's colonial battlegrounds, take centre stage in a new biopic explori...

By UN News/Daniel DickinsonFarmers in Saudi Arabia are being encouraged to adopt new irrigation techniques as water and land resources are put under i...

By AFPAustralia's opposition said Friday its plan to launch nuclear power in the sun-baked country will be cheaper than a renewables-only strategy --...

By AFPThe Council of Europe rights body on Friday criticised Italy's treatment of migrants in detention centres, citing police violence and the use of...

By AFPMore than two-thirds of displaced families in eastern Sudan are unable to secure enough food, as war has pushed millions to the brink of famine,...

By AFP/Tomohiro OSAKIPeople with missing teeth may be able to grow new ones, say Japanese dentists testing a pioneering drug they hope will offer an a...